Well...today's a bit depressing. Aslo a tribute to Isshi.
This post was actually going to be a rant but LJ didn't like that idea apparently. But to put it simply this day hasn't started out too well.
The reason for this post is a tribute to the wonderful Isshi. For those of you who don't know who he is/was, he was the singer in my favorite J-rock band Kagraa,. Earlier this year Kagrra, had their "demise" (meaning they disbanded). Isshi was the reason that I got into the band. His voice just cannot be decribed with words. He was an inspiration to me and will continue to be. The reason that it's a tribute post is because Isshi was found dead in his home on the 18th of this month. I only just found out this morning. The cause of death has yet to be released. After I found out I immediatly looked at his blog and noticed that he had actually posted on the 18th.
Isshi was wrote the lyrics for the band's songs. All of them were in the style of traditional Japanese poetry. They were always beautiful. And of course as it seems most Japanese artist are he was a dork, a very loveable dork. He had a new solo project comeing up and now no one will ever be able to hear it. The vid below is Kagrra,'s PV for their song Utakata. It's one of my top two songs by them and the lyrics fit this post almost perfectly. The translation(not my own) is underneath the vid.
Desire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
If ever we met once more
I would think of your tears
Time flows by
Remembering things from a distant past
On that day the stars
Sparkled more than anything
And i felt eternity
Desire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
If ever we met once more
I would think of your tears
These fragile scattered thoughts
Brillant like a flower in full bloom
However,often we pass the seasons by
I’m sure you can hear my voice
Meeting and parting
However,much we look back it’s already washed away
By tears,and when
Will they flow so much i will drown
By thoughts of you
Desire pours down on you
At the end of our fate
If ever we met once more
I believe in these feelings i am singing of
These fragile scattered thoughts
Brillant like a flower in full bloom
However,often we pass the seasons by
I’m sure you can hear my voice
If i had wings on my back
I would follow you
On the thread of my memory
And hold you once more
Desire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
RIP Isshi. You will me missed.
The reason for this post is a tribute to the wonderful Isshi. For those of you who don't know who he is/was, he was the singer in my favorite J-rock band Kagraa,. Earlier this year Kagrra, had their "demise" (meaning they disbanded). Isshi was the reason that I got into the band. His voice just cannot be decribed with words. He was an inspiration to me and will continue to be. The reason that it's a tribute post is because Isshi was found dead in his home on the 18th of this month. I only just found out this morning. The cause of death has yet to be released. After I found out I immediatly looked at his blog and noticed that he had actually posted on the 18th.
Isshi was wrote the lyrics for the band's songs. All of them were in the style of traditional Japanese poetry. They were always beautiful. And of course as it seems most Japanese artist are he was a dork, a very loveable dork. He had a new solo project comeing up and now no one will ever be able to hear it. The vid below is Kagrra,'s PV for their song Utakata. It's one of my top two songs by them and the lyrics fit this post almost perfectly. The translation(not my own) is underneath the vid.
Click to viewDesire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
If ever we met once more
I would think of your tears
Time flows by
Remembering things from a distant past
On that day the stars
Sparkled more than anything
And i felt eternity
Desire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
If ever we met once more
I would think of your tears
These fragile scattered thoughts
Brillant like a flower in full bloom
However,often we pass the seasons by
I’m sure you can hear my voice
Meeting and parting
However,much we look back it’s already washed away
By tears,and when
Will they flow so much i will drown
By thoughts of you
Desire pours down on you
At the end of our fate
If ever we met once more
I believe in these feelings i am singing of
These fragile scattered thoughts
Brillant like a flower in full bloom
However,often we pass the seasons by
I’m sure you can hear my voice
If i had wings on my back
I would follow you
On the thread of my memory
And hold you once more
Desire pours down on you
Beyond sorrow
RIP Isshi. You will me missed.